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nothing to write home about

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Ordinary or unremarkable, as in The restaurant was all right but nothing to write home about. This idiom originated in the late 1800s, possibly among troops stationed far from home, and became widespread during World War I.

Words related to nothing to write home about

unremarkable, prosaic, generic, so-so, uninspired, uneventful, mediocre, formality, average, common, commonplace, dull, everyday, fair, mean, modest, normal, pedestrian, plain, routine

Words nearby nothing to write home about

nothing succeeds like success, nothing to do with, nothing to it, there's, nothing to sneeze at, nothing to speak of, nothing to write home about, nothing ventured, nothing gained, nothing will come of nothing, nothingness, notice, notice board
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.